The METHODIST connection. Sylvester Thomas and Kalistia Kitchell were married Feb. 2, 1846 by Rev. Samuel Morrison. More from the Florence Rock booklet May, 1946. The Baptist church in Hanover transferred to the Christian Church and continued holding their services at Hanover until 1880, when they erected their present building in Morristown. This building was remodeled and enlarged a few years ago. Rev. Thomas Shipp of the Methodist Protestant Church was an outstanding minister of his day. He moved here in 1850. A Methodist Protestant class has been organized at the home of Jasper Hewitt, north of Hanover, in 1832 or 33 by Samuel Morrison. Due to the efforts of Rev. Shipp, a building was erected on Main Street in Morristown. It was the first church in the town. The original town of Morristown was laid out in 1828 by Col. Rezin Davis and Rev. Samuel Morrison. ... Anne --- Jknitl@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 5/28/2005 8:08:33 AM Eastern > Standard Time, > CCarnivale@aol.com writes: > > By these histories it seems clear that the school > Levi and the Kitchells > started, in a log cabin, was near what became the > Hanover Baptist Ch. and > later a > new church building became the Christian Church. But > neither had anything to > do with the Hanover Cem. Is that how you read it? > > > > I believe there was a church right there by the > cemetery at one time--I've > read something about it somewhere and now can't > remember where. The Christian > Church was a more liberal version of the Baptist > Church, so they are closely > related. What I read in that previous passage was > that they changed from > Baptist to Christian, then later built a new church > in Morristown rather than > Hanover. > > There were houses and at least one store in Hanover > at one time. I suppose > with Morristown being so close, it was more > convenient to relocate there as > the town of Hanover died out since Morristown had > stores, churches, bank, etc. > > > I recall reading that at one time Hanover was quite > a bustling little town. > What the hopes were for a town in those days and > reality were often quite > different things. There were those who thought > Gwynneville was going to be > quite a town too. Of the three, only Morristown has > become a solid little > village, while Gwynneville is barely hanging on and > Hanover is kaput. > > Jill > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at > www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing > of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, > provides guidance in daily life and brings us > tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > > For questions regarding the list, contact me at > mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com